EN1995 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures

EN1995 Eurocode 5: Design of timber structures poses two problems to the gr owing number of UK structural timber designers-the change from permissible stress to limit state and the introduction of new code material, such as sy mbols, terminology, material properties and calculation procedures. This pa pers introduces the new standard and concludes that while it offers solutio ns to a wider range of timber design problems than BS 5268 it is not fail-s afe with regard to the use or non-use of modification factors. Furthermore, whereas BS 5268 is essentially a slide-rule code, Eurocode 5 requires prog rammed support so development of appropriate software is a priority.